Improved boot and shoe-stud



H. S. WALCOTT. Shoe Fatening.

Patented Apr. 28,1868.

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H. S. WALCOTT, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO BOSTON SHOE- STUDAND BUTTON COMPANY.

Letters Patent No. 77,421, dated April 28, I868.

IMPROVED BOOT AND SHOE-STUD.

TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be it known that I, H. S. WALCOTT, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk,and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and improvedStud for Fastening Boots or Shoes, and that the following description,taken in connection with the accompanying plate of drawings, hereinafterreferred to, forms a. full and exact specification of the same, whereinI have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvements, bywhich my invention may be distinguished from all others of a similarclass, together with such parts as I claim, and desire to-have securedto me by Letters Patent.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of studs forfastening shoes with strings, and consists in a novel method ofconstructing the studs, whereby they can be secured to the shoe in avery expeditious and secure manner, and at the same time are speeiallyadapted to the purpose for whichthcy are intended. In the drawings-Figure 1 is a side view, and

Figure 2 a front view ofa shoe with my improved stud applied thereto.

Figures 3 and 4 represent vertical sections of my improved stud attachedto the leather.

In constructing my stud, I take a piece of metal of proper size, andform a rounded head, 6, and below the head I form a circumferentialgroove, (Z, as shown'in fig. 3. I then form a shank or stem, of lessdiameter than the body b, with a shoulder just below the groove d, andthis stem I make tubular in form, and of suflicient leng'tli"to reachthrough the leather and have its end turned over on the inside, thesame-31s an eyelet is turned down,.and as represented in figs. 3 and 4,the flange a, which is formed by thus turning down the inner end of thetubular shank custom, serving to hold it securely in place. I

These studs may be formed in dies, or by any other suitable means knownto the trade, and they may be made with one or more grooves for thestring, and may be made either plain or ornamental, as desired.

In applying them to the shoe, they should. be placed diagonally alongeach side of the front opening, as represented in fig. 2. The'stringbeing secured at its lower end, will then be passed across the opening,to and fro, and around one of the studs on the opposite sides at eachcrossing, as represented, the upper end being finally secured. by tyingat the top, or in any other suitable manner.

By this improvement I dispense with the use of buttons, which areobjectionable, for the reason that they are more difiieult to secure'jnplace, frequently getting loose, and being lost. By forming the groove dfor the string to rest in, I preventthc lacing from rubbing onand-abrading the leather or cloth of the shoe, as it does when buttonsare used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-- A shoe-stud,formed of a solid piece of metal, and having a head anda' shoulder orflange, with a groove between them ofsufiicient size to permit thelacing to move frcely'thereimand having a tubular stem, by which it canbe secured to the shoe, as herein shown and described.

I H. S. WALCQTT. Witnesses i JOSEPH Gavan,-

SAML. M. Banron.

